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ADVANCED VIBRATION ANALYSIS

INTERPRETING
LISSAJOUS PATTERN

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LISSAJOUS PATTERN
- ORBIT ANALYSIS
• Mounting of two non-contact pickup in radial direction H &
V in bearings with the axes of the pickup separated by
90 deg.

• Signal from one pickup is applied to the horizontal input of

Oscilloscope , while output of the other pickup is applied
to the vertical scope input

• The resultant display on the CRT will be a Plot of total

motion of the shaft with in the bearing

• Such Plots / Displays are Called as Lissajous Pattern /

Shaft Orbits
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LISSAJOUS PATTERN
System setup
Oscilloscope

Non –Contact V H
Transducer at
Shaft Position

Dual Channel
Non –Contact
Accessory

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LISSAJOUS PATTERN
UNBALANCE SYMPTOMS

TYPICALLY REVEAL A CIRCULAR OR

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SLIGHTLY ELLIPTICAL PATTERN AT 1 X RPM 4

FREQUENCY – 1 X N
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LISSAJOUS PATTERN

A HIGHLY ELLIPTICAL SHAPED MIS-ALIGNMENT WILL SOMETIMES

PATTERN INDICATES MIS- REVEAL A BANANA SHAPED
ALIGNMENT, BEARING WEAR OR PATTERN
POSSIBLE RESONANCE

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MULTIPLE FREQUENCIES – 1 X N, 2 XN, 3 XN
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LISSAJOUS PATTERN
COUPLING MISALIGNMENT

MULTIPLE FREQUENCIES – 1 X N, 2 XN, 3 XN

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LISSAJOUS PATTERN
OIL WHIRL

SUB HARMONIC FREQUENCIES – 0.43 X N, 0.48 XN

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LISSAJOUS PATTERN
RUBBING

Very Light Rubbing: - Rotor Mild Rub: Rotor Heavy / Full Rub:
hit & bounce ½ RPM – touches the Random non-
Internal Loop stationary part synchronous frequencies

SUB
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